THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, APRIL fi, 1000.
HOW THE BUY SOLDIER WON
btorj of General MacArthur's Early Career
in the Oi?il War.
TROUBLE BEGAN AT HIS ENLISTMENT
IminIIoii nml .Mmti-h of (MIIpitk unit
1 ii Turncil lutii Ailmlriilloii
nml lirnlllmti' Vitluu
of I'rmrt primer.
the officers nml mm of the regiment whojthe skull the dottor would throw his volee
were not too mail to do so were laughing. 1 no as to raako It appeir to proceed front
ftrr the first sergeants had been called the Jaws of the bony customer, and gurgle
to the "Front and center,' had reported and out: '
to their "Posts, mari hed."' and the roKlmcnt , (ir-r-r-gr-h-uh! That's hot-"
wns brought to a ' TrrHcnt," the jxior fel- . This was too mmh and. without exception,
low hsd to pass through another ordeal-to tj,p ,, jroppH the twain and bolted,
about face, salute the colonel and report the 1 t(jh doctor began to despair of ever get
parade formed, and then pass nroutid that ' (,,K a KUtable helpmate until n small boy
omcer and take his place to his left and C(lme ami W1U! KVcn ,hc b(1Rln an,j sroon
renr. While the adjutant was making this ( AUer tho nm pp0onfU lno skeleton ap
movement the colonel, with a contemptuous I)CTire,i tosay:
look, followed the boy, and was so noticeably ' 'Or-r-r-uli-r-hr' That's hot'"
(llsgustt.1 mat me wnoie rcgimeni wan Shovellnr In the sealdlnc cruel ss fast
"EnllM him, captain
making of a second Lieutenant General Wlu. 1 talking about the adjutant, and In nearly ev
lltld Scott In the lad." , cry tent there was one or more who tried to
ns ever tho loy rapped the skull and lm
iwtlently retorted:
"Well, jlnt blow on't, ye auld bony!"
The doctor sat down on his chair and
vroitn: aiioit amihu
aware of the fart
Crupl iipprii
That first dress parade was not by any
means a ii;ce. and when It waH dismissed
Major J. A. Watroue, U. S. A., lelatos !n the colonel look pains to lot his offlccM ' fairly roared, but when the laugh was over
tho Philadelphia Von the "lory following. II- know that he whs going to demand of the , he engaged the lad on the spot.
lusirdiing inc patriotic zeal or a Wisconsin governor the appointment of a grown man
toy at the outbreuk of the civil war, thu for adjutant In place of that "white-faced,
difficulties encountered .'n entering the chlcken-volced boy."
service, tho opponHlon overcome in the early The adjutant's heart was wcll-nlght broken
stages of KOldler life, and the triumphs that that night when he sought rest. Immodl
won for him not only promotion but th , alely after dress parade he had heard many
admiration and gratitude or his men. Now' cf the olfirers makn uncomplimentary re
he la a major general, second In command ( marks touching his hlckcn-volce and nwk
of tho United Stales army 'n the Philippines, ward appearance. As If that was not enough,
' he strolled through the company Htrcets after
Sure there Is the dark. In neurly every tent he heard the men
N)i of llopbottom, Susquehanna county,
Pa., has a dotneotlcatctl fox, says a writer
in tho New York I'rcus. I.ant spring ho
discovered that something was carrying oft
hln poultry. He suspected a wildcat and he
set n trap to catch the marauder. Instead
of the wildcat tho trap caught a fox and
tho farmer promptly dispatched It.
Hardly had 'he done so when a little baby
fnv rvi tn i nllf frnm Ihn hntjali nnil mnanprt
llig Harry Dunn, of our company, who , l.uitato h! drem parade commands. From niiommiv nrnnmi it. t..i mntw. Tho
made tho remark, was known for his wit every street came such command as these, j farmer took It home, llefunlng the food
nnu Ken narcanm. ami as no spoxe a doien ; in tee mtt noyisn voiced possime: "h irst
roldlers who had seen tho pale-faced bo. rr tyrant to the front and center, march"
long, lean and slim, as he walkid by thj "Present, nrms!" followed by cat-calln and
sldo of the captain, eornestly begging to so tcmarkn like thew "Who's got a baby ad
to the war In his company, laughed loudlv Jutanl?" "The Twenty-fourth Milwaukee"
at Private Dunn's oiitbum. I didn't laug.i, "Colonel Larrabee has bought a new milch
probably because 1 had beam tho boy's earn- , row." "What for"" "For-the nurse who will
cat appeal to the captain, and, also, probablv, : have chargo of our adjutant."
bcrauso I saw a tear on his check when ths Kindly old Captain 11., who knew of the
captain said; "No, my boy; you arc not 1 adjutant's efforts to get Into tho service, and
old and strong enough for a soldier In my J was full cf sympathy for him. saw him wan-
cemiuny."
"Then you will not take me?"
"No, you would not last a month."
It wan at this point that Harry Dunn rnatlo
Ills sarcastic reirark
dcrlng through the streets with head bowed
and Hghs that told of mental distress, ap
proached him and told him not to mind what
he had seen and heard, but to go right on
doing the very hr: he could and In time
offered It, tho little fox was In a fair way
to starve to death, when Mrs. Nyo had a
bright Idea.
One of the ewc had been robbed of her
young by tho wildcats and tho little fox was
carried to the bereaved ewe to receive nour
ishment. The fox throve amazingly on
nhccp's milk and the strange foster mother
formed a strong attachment for the llttlo
fellow. Hefom other animals and to all
human beings, except Nye, tho fox Is ex
tremely shy, but It sleeps side by side with
tho owo and the farmer can handle It like
A house dog.
Tho Incident occurred when the Sixth I three who made fun of him would praise and
tho blessed old Sixth was making Its last applaud Instead.
parade In Milwaukee before boarding tlm It Is quite safe to Ray that no would-be
train for Washington, In July, 1SK1, tint "'Idler ever had a harder struggle to enlist
week after tho tllwister at Hull Hun. 'than the little adjutant. I have endeavored
That school boy. a tripling under H. j make plain a few of the obstacles he en
undlsmayed by our captain, slipped to tho countered nml how heroically he tried to
hldo of each company commander and be- ! overcome them. I particularly want the
sought him for a place In his ranks. Tim , reader to keep In mind the young fellow's
other nine repll" were enough like tins i many struggled lo enlist, for they will look
first to ruako the boy leave the station,
crying. Ah he passed Company II, Captain
Dill called to him with n word of cneouraso
imint, saying, among other things, "You
would better bo a xcholar than a holdler,
anyway."
"I propone to bo both, sir," was tho quick
reply.
Other regiments that passed through tli?
city that jcvr Imitated the Sixth In Its lack
well with what follows.
Iliirili'il in (In- I'riini,
The Twenty-fourth had no tnnre dress
parades In Milwaukee. It was soon hurried
to the front to nsslst In preventing General
Drnxton Ilragg and his largo army of con
federates from sweeping Into Louisville and
Invading the north. Within two or three
weeks the big regiment of poorly drilled men
was marching headlong Into tho battle of
of encouragement to the spindling school , Porrylllc. Ky. It was halted In n hollow.
boy. and though he mado many visits to the
recruiting office, he wub each time turned
away as poor material for a soldier.
in IK IiiiiiI Knllni Iiik
The great war had been in progress over n
year when tho boy and his father had a long
talk aliout the lad' enlisting.
"My son," said the Judge, "you are too
oung and not ritrong enough for a soldier-.
llcMde, I want you to get an education and
adopt my profession, the law."
"Please do not refuse me," pleaded the
boy. "I must go. I havo wanted to go si
badly ever since tho wnr began that I havo
mado n failure In school, and I cannot llx
my mind on studies while others are gilng
Prom tho front came shell, shot and bullets.
which made terrible music for a new regi
ment. The oIllcerH could not tell how much
of a force there wns In their front or how far
away It wns. Tho boy adjutant heard the
colonel say he would give a horse to know
Just whnt was coming at his command.
Without waiting for an order the Utile fel
low put spurs to his hot-so urul In a minute
was on the brow of the hill, coolly taking In
tho situation and drawing a furious tire from
tho enemy he saw In largo force rapidly ad
vancing. Hiding back to the colonel .he rc
portel and miggosted that tho Twenty-fourth
quickly advance to the hill from whenco he
had come, so as to have a ehanco to strike
to right for the country. Lots of my friends , "ark. Instead of remaining In that hollow to
are going In the Twonty-fourth, and nomo 1 1,0 rllt lo Plwra, with little opportunity to
of them nre no older nor stronger than 1 ,1!,"m "10 onemy. The suggestion was heeded
nm. I wish you knew how my heart l.-t set
on becoming a soldier. I simply can't glvo
up tho Idea."
jf" Hut .suppose I refuse to give my con
ssnt? Would you try to run away and en
list, ns you did last year?"
"Don't make me run nway, father. Let
me Join the Twenty-fourth."
"Walt two or thrco days."
"Then may I go?"
"Walt."
"Ho Is determined to go and I shall sur
render," said the Judge to himself.
The next morning the Judgo left for Madi
son, rc urning that night. He went out
to see tho governor.
"Certainly. Judge," said (lovernor Salo
mon. "Hy the way, how old Is your son?"
"Not yet seventeen."
"Hather young, 'hut so worn Alexander
Hamilton and Napoleon when they received
their first commission."
At the breakfast table tho following morn
ing the Judgo handed a largo envelope to
his son.
Seolng his father's name on. tho envelope
nnd that he wns addressed ns adjutant, tho
boy enthuhlastlcally exclaimed: "Now I
know you will let mo go, for ns adjutant
you can look nfter me."
"Hut I am not to be adjutant of the
Twenty-fourth, child; can't you see tho 'Jr.'
nfter the name?"
Tho boy's appetite wns gone when It
finally dawned upon him that his greatest
and the regiment had a prominent part In
checking tho confederate advance. When
Hie brlgado commander thanked the colonel
that night for his command's good work old
Captain II. nudged tho boy adjutant and
gently said- "I'll see that the general hears
who It was that opened the way for the
regiment to win praise. Keep on, my boy;
you aro on the upgrade. The officers who
sneered at you back In Wisconsin aro nl
ready ashamed of themselves."
At Stone river, the lust day of 1SC2 and tho
first day of ISflit, the adjutant proved to be n,
real hero, an Inspiration to the men and of
great assistance to the offlcera of tho Twenty
fourth. No place of danger was ton perilous
for him to ride to. Ilia bravery was so
conspicuous that he nttracted the. attention
of both brigade and division commander.
After that battle overy soldier in the Twenty
fourth was tho boy adjutant's sworn friend,
admirer and defender.
SnvliiMT thp CiiIiii-k.
At Missionary ridge tho color bearer of the
Twenty-fourth fell. Tho ndjutant was bend
ing over him In un Instant. Picking up the
Hag, ho sprang to tho front of tho lino and
shouted: "Now for their lino of works,
boys!" With n yell tho Twenty-fourth mado
a now rush, but they couldn't outsprlnt the
ndjutant, who wns tho first man on tho
works, nnd ns ho waved Old Glory n mighty
shout went up on tho right nnd left. Iloth
officers and men hugged tho boy ndjutnnt
desire wns to bo gratfled-that he was to auer mo nam, a m . i ....
Twenty-fourth was to havo a new major
become n soldier. Hut his face soon sobered
after rending tho commission as first lieu
tenant and
:v ? aj::rz.,rz:""- ' .nW m whoso division the Twenty-toum.
bnna- n.t tho ...Mutant or a 'reelnuu.t' was ' hd often fought, usked that tho adjutant bo
an Important officer. i maiar nml lt W1U'
adjutant. He had only planned : ran, m" 11,0 wanted their boy n'ljutant
Ivato to begin with. Ho under- nnd so did many of tho officers. Phil Sherl-
Tho roM
"Well. I'll do my bet. and If I fall. wv. leaves of a major looked odd on he shoul
i ,im mi,u n,i .hnt u nil i ' ders of tho beanlloss boy, Just turned IS,
but they wero not, mispiaccu. numm u
of tho following year tho young major com
mandril the Twenty-fourth nnd nono of Sher
mnn'a rcKlmentH did better work from Chat
! tniinnon ,r Atlanta nnd surely none of Oen-
"You aro too young-far too young for bo ! ornl Thomnn- regiments fought moro herolc-
nllv at I-'ranklln and Nashville.
When tho Twenty-fourth went hack to
n-i..d rtnr Mi w.-ir It wns commanded
The pompous colonel put a hot telegram 1 . , youngest colonel on either side of tho
I.a h-Ipa ii tt linn? lrttnt rttiit in tinnttisit . ' "
go
havo wanted."
Ilfliurllim for Milt).
Tho next nay ho reported to the pompous
colonel ns his ndjutant.
responsible a position. I shall ask tho gov
rrnor to give me a man for adjutant of this
regiment n qunlllled man, sir
over the wire an hour later nnd in another
It
i great struggle.
hour tho goxoi .or reiumcu ni answer, it " r w,)()l t,10 younK eolonol. not vet a
consisted of two words: "Try him." ; mustered out. he exchanged tho
lleforo night the boy took the oath and w snou,,,L,r3 for , B,rap of a
was a full-nedgcd adj.. tant. v BU.cnnnt m the regular army, and
"Oil, yes i ll try mm. sain mo roionei. as - - , wjen tho
. , l,r.wor; rj'fnn,0 w,UMl u, n"" . T .. , was , co,0ci (
' When the youthful officer reported to his ! staff, but In June, isa k.
commander the colonel, wi.h a frown and a V l' ' " of8'arbr A
volco harsher than usual, addressed him shoulder to tak o cn mn an d o a br igado on
... tho wny tn tho Philippines. It was tils uri-
"Adjutant, this regiment will have a dress Rade that llmt scaled the walls of Man la the
parade-Its first -next Saturday evening. , following Augu.t Tho ucreo, Ik w eek I
Get your uniform and bo ready to olllclate." read the name of tho boy adjutant of the
. ! r. rr-v In tnn flat l f tlrtVVlV H f 1 nrtl fl I P(1 111.1-
That was Tuesday not mucn time in h ........ ............... r. - "-
..i.i,i. ,. ,,nifnrn, ,,...,in. inn hv Jor generals. Kver Blncc then he has hevn
much urRlng and an extra price the outfit conspicuous for his good service In subduing
. r ii. .vnni .mil a.mh. 1 tho Insurgonts. No one has done better.
In the meantime tho boy adjutant burned , Now please recall the narcnMtlc remark of
more than midnight oil in looking up and 1 His Harry Dunn when tho Sixth was marcii
KtM.it.in.. ihn .liiilea of his otllce. Hy ' lnc through Milwaukee In July, 1S01.
Saturday morning he was sure ol hla footing If Hlg Harry Dunn will come a little closer
In .ill respects savo one. His voice well, ii will whisper In his ear something llko thU
It wan llko all hovs' voices at a certain "You wero right. Harry: there was the mak-
s'aoa enn.l main for that of tho young fig of u f.'cond Lieutenant General Wlnfield
rocster at its first crowing. 1 Scott In that lad; In a few months he will bo
The Twenty-fourth wns formed for Its a brigadier general In the regular army, and
nttlal dress nnradc. Fifteen thousand pco. not so very long nfter that two regular stars
plo were present to witness tho event. At will shine on the shoulderu of General Arthur
the proper time tho adjutant stepped to ttie MoArthur.
front anil fared to the left. His "Attention.
Ilattnllan'" was heard about three com
panies down the line, and "Shoulder, nrms!'
Hp KnuilKPri Hip till).
London Tld-Hlts: Dr. McTavlsh of ndln-
Klve pretty llttlo pussy-cats. Invited out to
tea. . . . .
Cried : ".Mother, let us go-oh. do! for goou
we 11 surely no.
Weil wear our bibs nnd hold our things as
vnll lliil'n ullnu-ll llu hdW
Spoons In our right paws, cups In left-nnd
rnuKe a preny now;
Wo'll always say, 'Yes. If you please, ami
Only Wlf of that.' "
"Then go, my darling children," said the
liaiuiy miuner car.
Tho pretty little pussy-cats went out that
night to tea;
I'helr heads were smooth and glossy black;
iinir iniiu wiTp Hwlnizinc free:
Thev held their things us they had learned
nnd tried to be imllto
With snowy blbt beneath their chins they
were a pretty sight.
Hut nh! alas for manners good nnd coats
.. .. ...,l u uv
rhe moment that the little kits were asked
tn tiikn Homo milk
They dropped their spoons, forgot to bow,
nnd on, wiini uo you uuiiitr
They put their noses In the cups and all be
irnn tn ilrlnk.
Ye. t-verv naughty little kit set up n mew
for more.
Then knocked the leai-ups over quick nnd
scampered inrougn inc uuor.
Not n DirlNtlnn,
Stato Treasurer Jim Davidson of "Wiscon
sin Is a fat. happy, good-natured fellow.
who likes to take life easy and nlwnjB looks
on the sunny side of things, says the Chi
cago Chronble. He happened to be present
at a revival meeting in a small town not
far from Madison. The preacher waa elo
quent nnd Mr. Davidson was much Interested
In what ho had to say. The winging waa
good. too. nnd .Mr. Davidson was foreimy
reminded of the good old days when ho was
younger and had participated In many such
a meeting.
,t one stage of tho meeting young men
went through the audience, asking each one:
Are you a Christian?'" If the answer waa
a negative one, then an appeal was mads
to tho person nddrcsscd to at onco seek,
the throne of grace.
Mr. Davidson was lost In thought when
one of these earnest young men tapped him
on the shoulder. He looked up Inquiringly.
'Aro you a Christian?" asked tho earnest
young man.
'No! Ah bin Norwegian," replied Mr.
Davidson, slowly.
Only Hope for MiH'll C.lttlr.
Tho Indications are. that tho run of south
ern cnttlo from Texas, Now Mexico and
Arizona to tho ranges of the north through
De-aver during tho next two or three months
will bo the largest on record, sayfl ths
Denver News. Kor three years the range
men of tho north have been buying few
southern cattle, hoping that the prices
would drop to a point where they would
stand a bettor chance of making a profit,
but this year lt la either a question of
stocking up or going out of tho business.
It l Impossible to hold on to n range with
no cnttlo In sight, nnd most of the north
ern ranges havo bevn pretty well cleaned
out.
Sheepmen havo succeeded In getting In
on some of these deserted ranges, but most
of the big companies havo held on with
the few cattle they havo and most of them
will buy this year, not with an Idea of
making much profit, but for tho purpose
of holding on to their lands. Tho south
seems to be the only section whore stock
cattle aro left and all tho big range men
of tho north havo been making pilgrimages
thcro during tho winter and many will come
to Denver hoping to pick up what they need
on this market.
Clcanso tho liver, purify tho blood, In
vlgorato tho body by using DoWltt's Llttls
Karly Risers. Tbcso famous llttlo pills al
ways act promptly.
The Jli-ni-nm-r .IipiispiI.
Very faithful to tho Interest of Senator
Hoar Is Doherty, tho messenger of the
Judiciary committee, relates tlio waslilng
ton Post.
So faithful. Indeed, that a correspondent.
writing about him the other day, called him
Hoar's Kldus Achates. "And that," said
Senator Hoar to Doherty, "means you are a
mugwump."
Doherty's face grew long and bis anger
rp.p. To be called a mugwump wn.i tho
height or Insult. Taking the paper contain-
In,- thn MiiAfttniinM,. tinfiisn hiihortv u-nnt
off lo havo It out with the man who had
called him rinmes. A little while later he
retinoid to Senator Hoar with a. smllo
upon his rare.
"Ho didn't rail me n mugwump, senator,
said Doherty. triumphantly.
"Indeed"'" answered Mr. H'oar. "What
did ho call you?"
"No. fir. said Doherty, "he says that
llddus .itrh.itcra Is itin, and it mean? that
I am your man l-rlday.
THE MISSION
OF RAN Cl'HO AND SAN CUItO CA
THARTIC TAllI.i:T8 Is tn prevent nnd
euro Rheumatism, Kidney, Hlndder and
sll Urlo Acid disease.
Foryenrs I win tortured with rheumatlim,
Tlrln.l tnntiv l-pmeilfrs u-ltliniil frnttlnr r-
.... j 1 v.... . v... ,.,., iniri.ii u.ih komethlng of a ventriloquist and , Her. Some months nco I commenced talc-
u, i, ,..n u,,. " m.,T , hefrll that ho wanted a lad tn nwdst In lngwhatUknowriaCAi.lFoitMA,s.Missin.v
which could not hear did as thoso which It befell that no an c i a i.iu in uwim in UKSIKmESi i followed dlrectlonscurefully.
nearu ano nrougnt their pieces to a snoumcr. hip huiku - , uiKing man irno, applying i ai,a i'actus
"Preparo tn upon ranks, to the rear; i pen strong nerves.
order, march"' was squeakier than the He received several applications and when
others, but the Twenty-fourth got around telling a lad what the duties were, In orde;
to execute tho order In Its own chosen time to tet his nerves, he would a. whlli
and way. When iho command "Front!" was pointing to a grinning skeleton standing up-
given, and the stripling, with long strides, right In a corner:
his sword moro on his shoulder than at his "Part of jour work would be to feed tho
Ide. had forgad to the center, made a bad skeleton there, and while yuu are hero you
half circle to the right und advanced toward may as well have a try to do so."
the colonel until It was time to ttop nnd few lads would consent to a trial and
about face--In doing which ho nearly tripped received a baln of hot gruel and a spoon
by tangling his legs with his t.abbard I While they wero pouring a hot ninis into
I.i.nimf.nt tn mv stiffened Inlnts and mine
san ci-uoC'ath iitu'Taiii.i-:tm to drain my
t-vMntil of lmimrllles. Atllrnt I experienced
little benellt out nftT giving the medicines
n fair show I seem lo lie I'K.iimanknti.y
cured. Judging from my own f.xpcrlence
thefco remedies will do fur others what they
havo done for inc. If given n fair trial.
I F. ORIMKS,
Head Hntiso Painter.
Phulan Hiilldlug. 8nn l'rnncuco.
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